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SAT vocab 7
Mrs. Hahn RWS
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Animosity | A feeling of strong dislike, ill will, or enmity that tends to display itself in action. |
| Antagonism | An active hostility or opposition, as between unfriendly or conflicting groups. |
| Bellicose | Inclined or eager to fight; aggressively hostile; belligerent; pugnacious. |
| Belligerent | Of warlike character; aggressively hostile; bellicose. |
| Cantankerous | Disagreeable to deal with; contentious; peevish. |
| Captious | Apt to notice and make much of trivial faults or defects; faultfinding; difficult to please. |
| Contentious | Tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome. |
| Disputatious | Fond of or given to disputation; argumentative; contentious. |
| Polemical | A controversial argument, as one against some opinion, doctrine, etc. |
| Predator | A person uses others for there own beneifet. |
| Pugnacious | Inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative. |